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Pathfinder: Native American Women
Scope|Subject
Headings|Overview
Sources|Circulating
Books|Periodicals, Journals & Trade
Publications|Web Sites
Scope: Historically, Native American women have
participated in symbolic ritual activities. In the
Blackfoot and Lakota tribes, Native American women were
instrumental in stressing the importance of maintaining
one’s economic and spiritual nature. In contemporary
society, they have influenced the world of art,
literature, and business. The purpose of this pathfinder
is to serve as a guideline for student research. It is
not intended as a comprehensive listing of all the
materials available in the library on this topic, but as
a selective sampling of the many types of materials
available.
There are sources located in the Reference Section of
the Baddour Library that give a general overview or
summary of the topic you are researching. The following
is a list of some of the sources available in the
library.
OVERVIEW SOURCES
REF BL 458.e53 1999 Encyclopedia of women and world
religion
SUBJECT HEADINGS
Books dealing with Native American women are listed in
the Baddour Library’s online catalog under the following
subject headings:
Indians of North America—Women
Indian women—North America—Biography
Indian women-North America—Social life and customs
Some representative books from the Circulating
Collection (located upstairs in the library) are:
CIRCULATING BOOKS
Allen, Paula Gunn.
The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the
Feminine in American Indian
Traditions: With a New Preface. Boston: Beacon Press,
1992.
Allen, Paula Gunn.
Spider Woman’s Granddaughters:
Traditional Tales and Contemporary Writing by Native American
Women. New York: Fawcett
Columbine, 1990.
Banks, Dennis.
Ojibwa Warrior: Dennis Banks and the Rise
of the American Indian
Movement. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2004.
Brave Bird, Mary.
Ohitika Woman. New York: HarperPerenial, 1994.
Nassaney, Michael s. and Eric S. Johnson.
Interpretations of Native
North American Life:
Material Contributions to Ethnohistory. Gainesville:
University Press of Florida,
2000.
Perdue, Theda.
Sifters: Native American Women’s Lives.
New York: Oxford University
Press, 2001.
Wallis, Velma.
Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of
Betrayal, Courage, and Survival.
New York, NY: HarperPerennial, 1994.
PERIODICALS, JOURNALS & TRADE PUBLICATIONS
Click the link for a list of full-text journals
available through our databases in:
WEB SITES
Native American Women on the WWW
http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/womensstudeis/native.htm
Native Web
http://www.nativeweb.org
Everything you wanted to know about Native American
culture including crafts, economy, business, religion,
history, food, and more.
Updated
08/08/2007
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